Discover Ireland Tour

Alternative Accommodation - 5 Star Hotel to B&B

10 Days / 9 Nights

Arrive Dublin, Depart Dublin

What your tour includes:

Day 1.

Newgrange

You will be greeted by your personal driver for the next 10 days and transferred into Dublin City. Breakfast will be arranged for you at your hotel. After breakfast we start our day with a visit to the Book of Kells in Trinity Collage. We then travel North into the Boyne Valley to Newgrange to view the Neolithic passages that pre-date the Pyramids of Egypt. Our journey continues to Malahide Castle and driving coastal to the village of Howth.

Malahide Castle

Lambay Island just off Howth harbour is where the Vikings first invaded Ireland in AD 759. We then drive to the summit of Howth with sweeping views into the Irish Sea and take the coast road back to your hotel passing Clontarf where Brian Boru the last High King of Ireland died in the Battle of Clontarf in 1014.

Overnight Dublin City: 3 Star Hotel.

Day 2.

Lough Dan

We leave Dublin for the Wicklow Mountains driving South coastal visiting James Joyce Tower and museum where Joyce wrote the setting for Ulysses, and the famous 40 foot where swimmers enjoy a swim 365 days a year (are you brave enough to bring swimwear and towel).

We continue through the village of Dalkey famous for the elite and onwards over the Wicklow mountains to Glendalough the valley of the 2 lakes. Here we view the excellent audio visual and exhibition before a stroll along the lake to the 6th.c round tower and church founded by St. Kevin. Our journey continues back through the highest village in Ireland returning to your hotel.

Overnight Dublin City: 3 Star Hotel

Day 3.

Kilkenny Castle

Our journey continues to Kilkenny, our first visit to Jerpoint Abbey one of the finest Cistercian ruins in Ireland. We continue cross country to Kilkenny and a guided tour of Kilkenny Castle.

Rock of Cashel

After lunch and a walk in Kilkenny Town to mingle with the locals we continue of the beaten track cross country through small Irish villages to the Rock of Cashel home to the High Kings of Munster.

Overnight Cashel: B+B

Day 4.

Kinsale Harbour

Our day starts with a drive to the 15th.c Blarney Castle where you have the opportunity to kiss the Blarney Stone, when kissed is said to endow the speaker with extraordinary powers of eloquence what we call in Ireland the 'gift of the gab'. The stone was once kissed by Winston Churchill in 1912. Refreshments are the order of the day before you grace yourself in Blarney Woollen Mills a shop of wonderful and exciting Irish fair.

Onwards we continue to Cobh Queenstown Heritage Centre. Here is a Heritage Centre that has a story to be told, here is where 2.5 million adults and children emigrated on Coffin Ships, Steamers, and Great Ocean Liners, and where the Titanic last docked before its ill fated journey. We continue over a short hop car ferry approx. 5 mins. and travel cross country to Kinsale the gourmet capital of Ireland.

Overnight Kinsale: 3 Star Hotel

Day 5.

Bantry Bay

After a browse and leisurely walk around Kinsale we drive to Charles Fort overlooking Kinsale Harbour one of the finest surviving examples of a 17th.c Star Fort. We depart Kinsale and drive along the south coast to the Great Famine Centre in Skibbereen, we continue passing Bantry Bay and into Glengarriff.

The Ring of Kerry

Time for a boat ride approx. 15 mins. to the Italian Gardens on Garnish Island. Onwards we drive over Caha Pass mountain drive into Kenmare and and continue to Killarney.

Overnight Killarney: 4 Star Hotel.

Day 6.

Lakes of Killarney

Today the famous Ring of Kerry, rugged mountains, still lakes, Atlantic Ocean, Charlie Chaplin, breathtaking scenery,100 miles of pure heaven and stories to be told (keep your eyes open for the Leprechauns).

The Ring of Kerry

We stop at the Bog Village to see the history of turf from the bog and have their famous Irish Coffee, the rest I can't describe you will have to see it for yourself.

Overnight Killarney: 4 Star Hotel

Day 7.

Traffic jam in Ireland

We depart Killarney and drive to Dingle, passing Inch beach where we stop for a photo opportunity or take in the fresh Atlantic air with a stroll along the beach. We continue passing the patchwork quilt hedgerow fields into Dingle. Traditional fish & chips made from real potatoes and fresh cod from the trawler in Dingle is the order for lunch and then off to drive the Slea Head loop.

Slea Head Drive

We see the 2000 year old beehive huts, a visit to the Blasket centre and audio visual on the Blasket Islands and Galluras Oratory 8th.c early Christian dwelling. We return to Dingle and visit a world renowned silversmith before checking into your accommodation, dinner and some Irish music to finish off your day.

Overnight Dingle: Guesthouse / B+B

Day 8.

Conor Pass

We depart Dingle and drive over the Conor Pass through Tralee and continue to the village of Adare with it's thatched roof cottages. Her you can take some time to walk this quaint village before we drive to scenic Killaloe on Lough Derg, birthplace of Brian Boru, the last High King of Ireland.

Lough Derg

Here is where we stop for lunch before we continue onwards to the village of Kinnitty.

Overnight Kinnitty: 4 Star Castle

Day 9.

Kilmainham Gaol

Our destination today is back to Dublin's fair City where the girls are so pretty, over the Slieve Bloom mountains before we travel to Dublin. On arrival in Dublin we visit St. Patrick's Cathedral and Kilmainham Jail, where Irish Freedom fighters were executed in the 1916 rising.

St. Patrick's Cathedral

We continue to your hotel for your last evening on your Ireland Tour.

Overnight Dublin City 5 Star Hotel.

Day 10.

Alas your driver will transfer you from your hotel to Dublin Airport with fond memories of the Emerald Isle and your new friend your driver, we say slan abhaile (safe home)

Slán Abhaile

2008 Prices

All prices are in EURO

No. of People Price per Person 2 TBA 4 TBA 6 TBA 8 TBA 10 TBA

For those of you who looking for a more economical option ask about our Self Drive Pricing.

Price is per person sharing, double or twin rooms, in Deluxe accommodation including breakfast at each hotel.

2% credit card charge applies. Single supplement on request. All other group sizes on request.

Please enquire for off season prices January/February and November/December.

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